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' PATENTED FEB.`23,1904.

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APPLIOATIOHTILBD 0051.25, 1901.

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Im .LHIIN ms News co, PHoTouTHo wAsummaN o c j No. 752,704.

UNITED STATES Patented February 23, 19041;;

PATENT OFFICE.

CASH REGISTER COMPANY, OF JERSEY CITY,

RATION OF NEW JERSEY.

NEW JERSEY, A CORPO- TICKET-PRINTING MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No.752,'70 4, dated February23, 1904: Application iiled October 25, 1901. Serial No. 79,936.(No-modem. l' i l To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, FRANCIS C. OsBoRN, a citizen of the United States,residing at Detroit, in the county of Wayne and State of Michigan, haveinvented certain'new and useful` Improvements in Ticket- PrintingMachines, of whichI declare the following to be a full, clear, and exactdescription.

My invention relates to improvements in ticket-printing machines.

The object of the invention and the special features will be moreparticularly pointed out in the following specification and in theappended claims.

Referring to the drawings, Figure. 1 shows a top plan View of myinvention. Fig. 2 shows a front elevation. Fig. 3 is a vertical section.Fig. 5 shows the retaining-pawl and ratchetwheel which holdthemotor-spring in check.

Referring to the drawings, the numeral 10 indicates the rectangular caseof the machine. The type-bars are arranged to two series 1l and 12,which are concentric, and the types 13, of which one is carried by eachtype-bar, are arranged when depressed to strike all upon the same spot,which might be called' the printing-point. Each type-bar is pivoted atits lower end upon journals 14, supported in suitable brackets 15 on topof the case 10. Leaf-springs 16 are fastened at their lower ends, andthe upper end of each bears against the inner side or edge of itsrespective type-` bar, thereby holding it in normal position andreturning it to normal position when displaced therefrom. j Thetype-bars are arranged to be swung down manually, so as to print aticket, which is automatically presented at the printing-point.

The tickets are stored in an inclined maga- Zine 17, carried at the pperend of a rigid support 18. Within the case l0 and behind the magazine isa standardV 19, which about centrally has a long bearing 20, throughwhich passes the winding-rod 2l, upon which within said bearings is thecoiled motor-spring 22. The retaining-pawl 23 and cooperating ratchet 24are provided, so that the motor-spring will Fig. 4 is a face view of thecheck.

' end "the motor-spring has a fixed connection with a fixed portion ofthe journal or standard. Its front end, however, isconnected to theratchet 24, which is fast upon the shaft 21. Thisratchet coperates witha retainingpawl 23, mounted upon a conveyer consisting of a disk-shapedrear Wall 26 and a cylindrical l wall 27. r

The tickets 32,'as best shown in Fig. 3, are mounted in the inclinemagazine-trough 17 andare forced downward against the cylindrical wall27 of the carrier 1by weight 17", mounted in the trough above them.-

The endless-inking-ribbon 28 passes entirely about the outer peripheryof the cylindrical wall, and the slack from said ribbon is taken l up bya roller 29 in any well-known manner.

' ticket is so long that it projects toward the -to the left of theprinting-point (shown in Fig. 2)-the shield is provided with a stopprojection 34, so placed that when a ticpket has been forced against itby the turning of the conveyer the ticket will be stopped just `over theprinting-point, so that when any key is thrown down it will receive4theprinted impression upon it. V

In the operation of my machine after the motor-spring 22 has been woundup the magazine 17 is filled with tickets. Then the conveyer may berevolved enough steps to bring the first of the tickets over theprinting-pointthat is, at the upper end of the curved shield 33. As thetickets are moved around against the shield 33 the first one finallyabuts against the stop projection 34, while on the opposite side itcontacts with that one of the feed projections which is next upon itsright. In other words, the feed projection contacts with the right-handside of the check and the stop-projection 34 with the left-hand side ofthe check. The conveyer or carrier is thereby held until the check isremoved by the operator, who does so manually by taking hold of theprojecting end, as shown in Fig. 3. Then the motorspring turns thecarrier until another check is presented to the printing-point, andthere it stops the turning of the conveyer until thatl check also isremoved, &c.

The operation of my machine therefore is partly automatic, and it willreadily be seen that thedevices can be operated very readily. Theoperator is lnot expected to seize the upper end of the type-bar andbring it entirely down by hand; but he will more frequently give thedesired type-bar a sudden impulse with his finger, whereupon itsmomentum will carry it down and cause it to strike the ink-ribbon hardenough to make its printed impression upon the paper ticket below.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patentl. In a machine of the class described, the combinationwith the type-bars, each carrying type and all arranged to strike acommon printing-point, of a ticket-magazine, and anautomatically-operating conveyer arranged when released to move thetickets successively from the magazine to the printing-point of themachine.

2. In a machine of the class described, the combination with a series oftype-bars, each carrying type arranged to print its designating-numeral,of a stationary magazine, and an automatic spring-actuated conveyerarranged to move the tickets from the magazine to the printing-point ofthe machine when said conveyer is released.

3. In a machine of the class described, the combination with thetype-bars, each carrying a type and having a common printing-point, of aticket-carrier, a spring tending normally to move the ticket-carrier,and means whereby the tickets in the carrier hold the carrier in checkuntil the ticket which has been printed upon is removed, whereupon thecarrier automatically moves far enough to present a fresh ticket at theprinting-point. v

4. In a machine of the class described, the combinaton with the pivotedtype-bars having a common printing-point, a stationary magazine arrangedto be filled with tickets, a conveyer, a motor-spring tending to movethe conveyer in one direction, and projections on the conveyer arrangedto engage the tickets in the magazine and move them to theprinting-point.

5. In a machine of the class described, the combination with type-barshaving a common printing-point, of a stationary ticket-magazine, and aconveyer for moving the tickets from the magazine to theprinting-point,which conveyer consists of a movable cylinder havingprojections upon the inner periphery of its cylindrical wall and ashield concentric with the cylindrical wall and extending from the endof the magazine to the printing-point.

6. In a machine of the class described, the combination with a printingmechanism of an automatically operating ticket carrier and means engagedby the ticket for arresting the carrier, whereby the carrier is releasedto move forward when a ticket is withdrawn.

7. In a machine of the class described, the combination with a printingmechanism of a spring-actuated ticket-conveyer, means engaged by theticket for arresting the conveyer, whereby said conveyer is releasedwhen a ticket is withdrawn. 1.

8. In a machine of the class described, the combination-with a printingmechanism, of a rotary ticket-conveyer, means for automatically rotatingthe conveyer when released and devices for releasing the conveyer whenthe ticket is withdrawn therefrom.

. 9. In a machine of the class described, the combination with aprinting mechanism, of a ticket-conveyer, a magazine feeding tickets tosaid conveyer, means for automatically operating the conveyer whenreleased and means for permitting the conveyer to operate until a ticketis brought to printing position.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in the presence of twowitnesses.

FRANCIS C. OSBORN. Witnesses:

S. E. THOMAS, FRANK A. DUWE.

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